Ttoday we celebrate jellyfish – creatures that have survived through the years. more than 500 million years and older than dinosaurs. Eat over 200 registered species are real jellyfish, and they can be found in the depths of all the oceans of the Earth. Species vary greatly in size, ranging from centimeter And over 6 feet in length. These adorable balls about 95 percent waterand they may thrive as climate change intensifies: these hardy animals can, for example, tolerate high water temperatures and low oxygen levels, and their competition for resources may continue to decline. But jellyfish can also benefit the environment. shuttle carbon into the deep ocean and carry with you nutrients.
In honor of World Jellyfish Day, admire some magnificent jellyfish species:
Boticorus bouillona relatively recently identified species that was first described in 2010, was found at depths of 4,600 to 6,500 feet in the Arctic Ocean. B. broths Quite fragile, so this creature could be crushed by nets and go undetected in past studies.
Bloody Lampocteisor blood-bellied scallop, may appear stunningly bright to us, but deep in the North Pacific Ocean it is almost invisible to predators.
White mushroomheh Cepheusalso known as the crown or cauliflower jelly, has about 30 “spikes” that protrude from its round body. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region and has a diameter of up to 24 inches.
This may look like a cap worn at a rave, but in fact it is. Olindia formosus—flower cap jelly. These nocturnal wigglers hover on or around the seafloor during the day and have been spotted off the coasts of Argentina, Brazil and southern Japan.
This is one big jelly: lion's mane jellyor Cyanea pilosahas tentacles over 100 feet long – even longer than the 90-foot body blue whalelargest mammal in the world. This species is found in the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans, with the former being home to the heftiest.
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